Meanwhile, among the poor and downtrodden, heretical whispers are taking hold: what if God--who has never been seen to do anything for them--is not the rightful leader of the heavens after all? And as Edward's situation becomes increasingly desperate, even his counselors begin to believe that if God won't listen, perhaps they can find a savior not from Heaven, but from Hell.

In a sweeping tale packed with courtiers and kings, knights and priests, and devils and angels, Mark Alder breathes fresh and imaginative life into the Hundred Years War in this unique historical epic.